Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
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Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#2Ehhhh I feel like the researchers took 5000 variables and threw them at the wall to see what sticks.
Living near busy roads is usually cheaper... And I doubt people with dementia are locking down C level positions
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#3In terms of pollution I'm assuming we are talking about NOx, PM2.5, and PM10. However it would be useful to understand if lead, banned in most countries around 2000, impacts dementia and whether this is now beginning to show itself within this study.
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#4Ehhhh I feel like the researchers took 5000 variables and threw them at the wall to see what sticks. Living near busy roads is usually cheaper... And I doubt people with dementia are locking down C level positions
The study specifically adjusts for poverty/lifestyle.
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#5Easy to imagine vascular dementia rates being higher due to air pollution, would be interesting to see if rates of non-vascular dementia, such as Alzheimer's are also higher.
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#6In terms of pollution I'm assuming we are talking about NOx, PM2.5, and PM10. However it would be useful to understand if lead, banned in most countries around 2000, impacts dementia and whether this is now beginning to show itself within this study.
My favourite lead and violence link - http://motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/lead-exposure-gas...
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#7Easy to imagine vascular dementia rates being higher due to air pollution, would be interesting to see if rates of non-vascular dementia, such as Alzheimer's are also higher.
It's equally easy to imagine that people who have a brain chemistry that makes them value things like quicker access to transport or a faster pace of life that makes them want to live in the centre of a city are also more susceptible to dementia though. This research has highlighted an interesting correlation that's worth studying, it's not necessarily showing that pollution is the cause.
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#8In terms of pollution I'm assuming we are talking about NOx, PM2.5, and PM10. However it would be useful to understand if lead, banned in most countries around 2000, impacts dementia and whether this is now beginning to show itself within this study.
Mercury is also considered to be a possible factor:
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#9In terms of pollution I'm assuming we are talking about NOx, PM2.5, and PM10. However it would be useful to understand if lead, banned in most countries around 2000, impacts dementia and whether this is now beginning to show itself within this study.
My favourite lead and violence link - http://motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/lead-exposure-gas...
That's a brilliant article.
Re: Dementia rates 'higher near busy roads'
#10Shouldn't car mechanics also have higher dementia rate?